Word: allowed
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...other members of the council's pro-tenant majority said the ordinance had been poorly drafted, arguing that it would allow large numbers of property owners to circumvent the rent control regulations...
There is little hope that either country will settle its political differences soon enough to allow a swift rescue of the people in peril. Ethiopia has recently claimed victories against the Tigre rebels, which may soften Mengistu just enough to permit some relief operations, at least for a time. But in Sudan, stiff rebel resistance threatens only to convince Bashir that his best course is to continue to block the already difficult lines of transport into the south -- and let starvation and disease do the rest...
...three-day visit -- his first in more than nine years and the first ever by a General Secretary -- party issues were all but forgotten as the Soviet leader plunged straight into the more dangerous debate over secession. He came armed with his own compromise, a vague plan that would allow for "sovereign states" within a new federation. Then he tried every sales pitch he could think...
Managers of the 2,200-room resort, the largest hotel in the Caribbean, do not expect to rent the Galactica Suite every night. They may allow some high- rolling gamblers to stay there for free. Smaller-time players will have to settle for the resort's more conventional rooms, which start at $175 a night...
...painting itself serve as collateral. With terms like those, skeptics mused, is it any wonder that art prices (and Sotheby's commissions) soared? "The auction houses turned the art market into a financial market," charges Manhattan art dealer Richard Feigen. "A responsible market doesn't allow you to wear two hats...